Plant-based Prevention Of Disease

Milton Mills, MD has for decades practiced critical care medicine at numerous locations in the Washington DC area, and has provided his expertise to a variety of agencies of the federal government.  He served previously as Associate Director of Preventive Medicine and as a member of the National Advisory Board, for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).  He has been a major contributor to position papers presented by PCRM to the United States Department of Agriculture regarding Dietary Guidelines for Americans, including those documenting racial basis inherent in their impact, or commercial conflicts of interest in their processes of preparation.  He has been the lead plaintiff in PCRM’s class action lawsuit that asks for warning labels on milk.

Dr. Mills earned his medical degree at Stanford University School of Medicine, and completed an Internal Medicine residency at Georgetown University Hospital following an internship at the University of California San Francisco Fresno Medical Education Program.  He has published several articles in the research Journal of the National Medical Association dealing with racial bias in federal nutrition policy.  He frequently donates his time via practicing at free medical clinics, and travels widely, speaking at hospitals, churches and community centers throughout the country, and even to medical-oriented audiences beyond the borders of the U.S..  He was featured in attention-getting documentary films such as "Processed People", "Vegucated", “What the Health”, “The Invisible Vegan”, "A Prayer For Compassion" and "They’re Trying to Kill Us", and has contributed writings to the book Brotha Vegan, which is a collection of essays by prominent Black vegan men.

A longtime major focus of Dr. Mills’ patient advisement as well as his lecturing, is the use of nutritional measures to reduce the risk of major chronic diseases, emphasizing the negative impacts of meat and dairy consumption on human health, and the role of animal-derived foods in promoting cancers, autoimmune diseases and other metabolic problems.  He notes that the scientific research literature shows plant-based diets as supporting better overall immune system function, and during work with HIV-positive and AIDS patients at clinics, he’s observed that those who go vegetarian seem to improve, with increased perceived energy and higher T-cell counts.  He therefore hopes throughout the future to examine further the relationships between diet and immune functionality, particularly the effects of plant-based eating choices upon outcomes for HIV-positive patients.